Nick Allen has been appointed as the new director of Eblex. Allen will take up the post in October. He moves up from his current role as senior regional manager for the beef and lamb division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

Paul Venables, group finance director of Hays, is to join Wincanton's board of directors as a non-executive director in September. He replaces Philip Cox, who has taken up a non-executive role at Morrisons.

William Grant & Sons has appointed Jonathan Ashworth as commercial director for Stolichnaya Vodka. Ashworth joins from the Stolichnaya Brand Organisation, formerly part of the Pernod Ricard Group, where he was regional director for Rest of World, including Latin America, the Gulf, South East Asia and Australasia.

Northern Foods subsidiary Holland's Pies has appointed Laura Chan as business development representative for Chinese takeaways. Chan, a Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, will ensure Holland's lines can be ordered as an alternative to traditional Chinese food from takeaways and restaurants throughout the north west of England.

Simon Waring, the former marketing and international management director of Food from Britain, has launched the UK arm of Green Seed. Waring will be managing director of Green Seed UK. Green Seed already has nine international offices covering 16 international markets.

John Mayhead has joined the Advertising Standards Authority's Council. Mayhead joins as an industry member and will sit on the broadcast and non-broadcast councils, the bodies responsible for adjudicating advertising complaints. He has previously worked for Cadbury, Schweppes and Argos.

Wal-Mart's vice president of PR and brand reputation Nick Agarwal has returned to Asda as director of strategic communications. He previously worked for Asda three years ago. 

Food colour supplier Phyone has named Chris Bowen as UK sales manager. He replaces Richard Perry, who is retiring.